Benjamin Netanyahu
Ronen Bar would be replaced with a senior Shin Bet official under Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, who the PM may tap to lead the talks instead of Mossad chief David Barnea.
“That’s not good,” the president said about the Jewish state’s dimensions, adding that the country’s achievements have been “amazing.”
The delegation is to hold discussions on continuing the Gaza ceasefire • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff held a “positive and friendly” meeting in Washington, D.C.
The one major similarity between the two visits: Both granted the opportunity to make Israel’s embattled prime minister even stronger.
“I have no guarantees that the peace is going to hold,” U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday ahead of Netanyahu’s visit to the White House.
The Israeli premier was scheduled to meet with the president’s special envoy to the region Steve Witkoff ahead of his visit to the White House.
The probe follows a television program’s exposé on text messages from the Israeli prime minister’s wife.
“Until I see his severed head rolling down the steps of his house on Azza Street, my blood will not cool,” suspect Amram Agmon allegedly wrote.
Among a laundry list of thorny issues the two leaders will discuss, one priority is clear: to demonstrate that there is no longer any daylight between Israel and America on Middle East policy.
“The strategic landscape of the Middle East has been transformed by Israel’s accomplishments in the war, and [this] affords us the opportunity both to expand our circle of ties and prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear capability,” said Glick.
Key topics of discussion will be the future of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and the strategies to counter the Iranian threat.
The Israeli prime minister stated that he agreed to begin talks in Monday in Washington with Steve Witkoff, the US. special envoy to the Middle East.
